Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
FASHIONS DOMAIN.
Hon. Last Winters Dresses
Hay Be Made as Good
as NeW.
IRE GOOD, BETTER, AND BEST
DRESS.
RearinqTight Kid Glcues-Recep.ion Toilets
acknowledgements Of Dress
Novelties, ETC.
Rero,,.p,ny Old Dresses.

Women of small incomes take COM
fort in the fact that this is a "woolen sea-
son, because their three winter dresses
good, better, and best-can be made
Of inexpensive wool goods and yet be
within the bounds of fashion. The
shops are full OF all-wool fabrics at the
popular prices of SO or rs cents yard,
and for these only very little is needed
in the way of trimming. To know what
to select for the one new dress and
what to use for undermining those
partly worn is, however, most necessary
and requires careful thought If an
entire new dress is to he bought, it is
best to buy the whole dress of one
fabric instead Of combination of two
stuffs, leaving combinations for renew
ing last years dresses. THUS, if it is
the good and plain dress that is to
serve for home wear and also for morn
ings in the street, one of the checked
or striped wool fabrics is a good choice,
and this should be made with full
drapery and simple basque, with its
only trimming some rows of braid or Of
stitching on the edges. But if such a
dress is to be remade from parts of last
years dresses, it is best to put all the
checked, plaid, or striped goods in the
skirt and its drapery, and buy new plain
wool of a harmonious color for the
basque. This basque should also be
chosen with view to other skirts in the
wardrobe, and can then be as useful as
. jersey waist. Dark soft colors are
liked for these plain gowns in prefer
ence to the bla,k woolens lately used,
but now being gradually abandoned,
for the house, because of their SOM
brenees, and also because they are un-
becoming to most women unless their
dull surface is lightened by jet or other
gay trimming. Moreover, economical
women now buy light and rich colored
woolens, and enjoy them while they are
new, knowing that when their freshness
is gone, and the cleaner cannot restore
it, they can be dyed black and renew
their usefulness, az most all-wool goods
Will take on good shade of black.
The cancels hair and serges in firmly
woven bat not heavy qualities, sold for
60 or IS cents a yard, make excellent
dresses for those who object to the
popular hair stripes or to checks. Ten
yards of these stuffs, forty-four inches
wide, are sold for dress, and perhaps
half a yard of plush OF velvet is added
for short revers or o pointed plas-
tron, for collar and cuffs.
For the better dress, which is to be q
walking and church suit. there are
heavier sergas and lightweight cloths
over fifty inches wide, that are now
made plainly without founces or pleat-
ings. Eight yards are enough for the
dress end jacket, and a bias fold of
velvet on the edges of the basque and
coat, with single revers on the Tapped
front, collar, and cuffs complete the
costume. The skirt should be made
over an alpaca foundation skirt, with
the material covering it plainly from
the knees down, and the overskirt,
amply draped without trimming. The
front may fall in deep apron, and he
ornamented on each side with wide
square-cornered pocket on which are
three large buttons and mock button
holes of cord. and to this may be added
the velvet foil half an inch wide; the
back of the overskirt falls over from
the top in Arab folds, or the fullness is
laid in pleats at the belt that are con-
tinuous to the end, or else it is the still
popular curved swinging back worn
last season. The ja~ket may be single
breasted, or else Tapped to be double on
the upper part and slope in the middle
At the waist line. Such jackets are
still made quite short, and tailors say
that increasing the length an eighth
of yard adds no warmth and detracts
from style. The velvet fold is the
stylish finish for camel's-hair and serge
jackets made to complete suits, but
separate jacket of heavier cloth has a
braid binding, or else the braid is
stitched on and appears as cord finish.
Such suit of darlz-green or blue or
golden-brown wool should have a small
felt bonnet of the same shade, edged
with felt balls, and frightened by q
high bow of ribbon, or, if the wearer
is very young, round hat is worn in
stead.
For the third, or best, dress, to be
worn on gay occasions, wool also serves,
and need not he costly, as any pretty
white. pale-blne, pearl, sage-green,
scarlet, or light heliotrope cashmere
or came]'s-hair can he used; this also
will cost only so or IS cents yard, and
has the further advantage of being wear
able all the year. serving in the summer
for cool days at the mountains or sea-
sda 4 plush-strirsd pettiooat of the